abandoned graves

abandoned graves--
could I have sprung from these
long-forgotten names?

moonlight

moonlight--
afterward only silence
between us

nightfall

nightfall
enfolding both star
and wish

prognosis

a bee buzzes
on the windowsill--the sting
of the prognosis

peach blow

peach blow--
the baby discovers
the taste of her toes

visitation

visitation--
hymns of rain
on the windowpane

bell jar

placing over
the tender plant a bell jar--
my daughter's first date

plum blossoms

plum blossoms
caught up by the zephyr--
our ephemeral love

wingbeats

pink dawn--
the wingbeats of geese
returning

nightingale song

The cloistered sound
of vespers rising--
nightingale song

the whitest blossom

the whitest blossom--
only the wind
in the orchard

Spring Equinox

Spring Equinox--
raindrops on each pink bud
double their beauty

first butterfly

her astonishment
at the quickening within--
first butterfly

poppies

poppy fields--
the addict cinches tight
the tourniquet

moonset

moonset--
the distance between us
measured in breaths

moonrise

a mute swan's
silent circles--
moonrise

spring cleaning

spring cleaning--
when did she quit
playing with dolls?

daffodil

half-lit daffodil
shining in shadow--
this anodyne rain

morning run

morning run--
spun light
of a spring dawn

dogwood blossoms

white canopies
of dogwood blossoms--
taking the long way

morning star

morning star--
the newborn's fontanel
pulses softly

chopping onions

chopping onions--
reason enough
to let the tears come

moonlit beach

moonlit beach--
a first kiss the surf
licking at our feet

narcissus

narcissus--
my daughter oblivious
of her own beauty

lenten moon

lenten moon--
the bottomless cries
of hatchlings

sakura petals

sakura petals--
another spring
apart

ceremony

with steepled hands
the divorce judge
dissolves our marriage

Sunday snow

Sunday snow--
pondering the density
of the holy ghost

empty

spring snow--
the enormity
of this empty bed

publication

See my latest haiku published in The Heron's Nest.

counting

counting seconds
between lightning and thunder
litany of loss